Projector phone

Stand alone Pico Projectors are great, but it's even better to embed them inside mobile devices - particularly mobile phones a Projector phone if you wish. This means that you can project a large image (usually up to 50"-80") directly from your phone - this is a great way to share and enjoy digital content on a mobile device!

Samsung show

Projector phones today

There are already several projector phones, including:

• Samsung's Show (W7900 in Korea and i7410 in Europe).
• The Samsung i8520 Halo - a DLP projector, Android OS and a super-AMOLED display.
• The Samsung W9600, using TI's new WVGA DLP chip.
• LG's eXpo - a phone with a pico-projector 'add-on' (for an extra $179) for the AT&T network. The LG eXpo projector phone is now shipping for for $49.
• NTT Docomo F-04B "separate Kentai" - a modular phone with a WVGA DLP pico-projector module.

Projector phones future

TI, who makes the DLP light chip powering many projectors is very optimistic about projector phones. In fact they say that in a few years they will be as popular as 'camera phones' are today.

In the meantime, we know that many companies are working on new projector phones: Nokia, Samsung, LG, NTT DoCoMo and even Apple.